9 letter word starting with e

Words	Parts of Speech	Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
esthetics	noun	The theory or philosophy of taste; the science of the beautiful in nature and art; esp. that which treats of the expression and embodiment of beauty by art., Same as Aesthete, Aesthetic, Aesthetical, Aesthetics, etc.
embassade	ambassade.	The mission of an ambassador., An embassy., An embassy. See Ambassade.
eachwhere	adverb	Everywhere.
eagerness	noun	The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire., Tartness; sourness.
eaglewood	noun	A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum.
ealderman	noun	Alt. of Ealdorman
ealdorman	noun	An alderman.
ear-bored	adjective	Having the ear perforated.
earcockle	noun	A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contracted grain, or ear, is filled with minute worms.
earliness	noun	The state of being early or forward; promptness.
earmarked	imp. & past participle	of Earmark
earnestly	adverb	In an earnest manner.
ear-shell	noun	A flattened marine univalve shell of the genus Haliotis; — called also sea-ear. See Abalone.
earshrift	noun	A nickname for auricular confession; shrift.
earthbank	noun	A bank or mound of earth.
earthborn	adjective	Born of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human., Relating to, or occasioned by, earthly objects.
earthbred	adjective	Low; grovelling; vulgar.
earthfork	noun	A pronged fork for turning up the earth.
earthling	noun	An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal.
earthstar	noun	A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.
earthward	adverb	Alt. of Earthwards
earthwork	noun	Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth., The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc., An embankment or construction made of earth.
earthworm	noun	Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; — called also angleworm and dewworm., A mean, sordid person; a niggard.
earwigged	imp. & past participle	of Earwig
eastwards	adverb	Toward the east; in the direction of east from some point or place; as, New Haven lies eastward from New York.
eavesdrop	verb i.	To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen secretly to what is said in private., The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house.
ebonizing	present participle & vb. noun	of Ebonize
ebrieties	plural	of Ebriety
ebrillade	noun	A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn.
ebriosity	noun	Addiction to drink; habitual drunkenness.
ebulliate	verb i.	To boil or bubble up.
ebullient	adjective	Boiling up or over; hence, manifesting exhilaration or excitement, as of feeling; effervescing.
ecardines	noun pl.	An order of Brachiopoda; the Lyopomata. See Brachiopoda.
ecballium	noun	A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared.
ecce homo		A picture which represents the Savior as given up to the people by Pilate, and wearing a crown of thorns.
eccentric	adjective	Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center or from true circular motion., Not having the same center; — said of circles, ellipses, spheres, etc., which, though coinciding, either in whole or in part, as to area or volume, have not the same center; — opposed to concentric., Pertaining to an eccentric; as, the eccentric rod in a steam engine., Not coincident as to motive or end., Deviating from stated methods, usual practice, or established forms or laws; deviating from an appointed sphere or way; departing from the usual course; irregular; anomalous; odd; as, eccentric conduct., A circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first., One who, or that which, deviates from regularity; an anomalous or irregular person or thing., In the Ptolemaic system, the supposed circular orbit of a planet about the earth, but with the earth not in its center., A circle described about the center of an elliptical orbit, with half the major axis for radius., A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating valves in steam engines, and for other purposes. The motion derived is precisely that of a crank having the same throw.
ecchymose	verb t.	To discolor by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of blood, beneath the skin; — chiefly used in the passive form; as, the parts were much ecchymosed.
ecclesiae	plural	of Ecclesia
ecclesial	adjective	Ecclesiastical.
echidnine	noun	The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus.
echinated	adjective	Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp.
echinidan	noun	One the Echinoidea.
echinital	adjective	Of, or like, an echinite.
echinozoa	noun pl.	The Echinodermata.
echometer	noun	A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds, and determining their different, and the relation of their intervals.
echometry	noun	The art of measuring the duration of sounds or echoes., The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.
echoscope	noun	An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax.
eclampsia	noun	A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.
eclipsing	present participle & vb. noun	of Eclipse
economics	noun	The science of household affairs, or of domestic management., Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources. See Political economy, under Political.
economist	noun	One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste., One who is conversant with political economy; a student of economics.
economize	verb t.	To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one’s income., To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich.
economies	plural	of Economy
ecossaise	noun	A dancing tune in the Scotch style.
ecphonema	noun	A breaking out with some interjectional particle.
ecphoneme	noun	A mark (!) used to indicate an exclamation.
ecstasies	plural	of Ecstasy
ecthoreum	noun	The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See Nettling cell.
ecthymata	plural	of Ecthyma
ectoblast	noun	The outer layer of the blastoderm; the epiblast; the ectoderm., The outer envelope of a cell; the cell wall.
ectoplasm	noun	The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum., The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell., The ectosarc of protozoan.
ectosteal	adjective	Of or pertaining to ectostosis; as, ectosteal ossification.
ectropion	noun	An unnatural eversion of the eyelids.
ectropium	noun	Same as Ectropion.
edelweiss	noun	A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps.
edematous	adjective	Alt. of Edematose
edematose	adjective	Same as oedematous.
edentated	adjective	Same as Edentate, a.
edibility	noun	Suitableness for being eaten; edibleness.
edificant	adjective	Building; constructing.
edificial	adjective	Pertaining to an edifice; structural.
edileship	noun	The office of aedile.
editioner	noun	An editor.
editorial	adjective	Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks., A leading article in a newspaper or magazine; an editorial article; an article published as an expression of the views of the editor.
educating	present participle & vb. noun	of Educate
education	noun	The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.
educative	adjective	Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience.
effecting	present participle & vb. noun	of Effect
effection	noun	Creation; a doing.
effective	adjective	Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment., That which produces a given effect; a cause., One who is capable of active service., Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; — a term used in many parts of Europe.
effectual	noun	Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive.
efficient	noun	Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power., An efficient cause; a prime mover.
effigiate	verb t.	To form as an effigy; hence, to fashion; to adapt.
efflation	noun	The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind.
effluence	noun	A flowing out, or emanation., That which flows or issues from any body or substance; issue; efflux.
effluency	noun	Effluence.
effluvial	adjective	Belonging to effluvia.
effluvium	adjective	Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage.
effluxion	noun	The act of flowing out; effusion., That which flows out; effluvium; emanation.
effodient	adjective	Digging up.
efforcing	present participle & vb. noun	of Efforce
effossion	noun	A digging out or up.
effrontit	adjective	Marked by impudence.
effulging	present participle & vb. noun	of Effulge
effulgent	adjective	Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright; splendid.
egg-glass	noun	A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling eggs; also, a small glass for holding an egg, at table.
eglantine	noun	A species of rose (Rosa Eglanteria), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors., The sweetbrier (R. rubiginosa).
egophonic	adjective	Belonging to, or resembling, egophony.
egotheism	noun	The deification of self.
egotistic	adjective	Alt. of Egotistical
egotizing	present participle & vb. noun	of Egotize
egregious	adjective	Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); — formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake.
egression	noun	The act of going; egress.
egyptized	imp. & past participle	of Egyptize
eidograph	noun	An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of the pantograph.
eightfold	adjective	Eight times a quantity.
eightieth	adjective	The next in order after seventy-ninth., Consisting of one of eighty equal parts or divisions., The quotient of a unit divided by eighty; one of eighty equal parts.
eightling	noun	A compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals.
eirenarch	noun	A justice of the peace; irenarch.
ejaculate	verb t.	To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject., To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer., To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations.
ejectment	noun	A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes., A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it.
ejulation	noun	A wailing; lamentation.
elaborate	adjective	Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research., To produce with labor, To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to elaborate a painting or a literary work.
elaeagnus	noun	A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster.
elaeolite	noun	A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster, and gray to reddish color.
elaoptene	noun	See Elaeoptene.
elaqueate	verb t.	To disentangle.
elasipoda	noun pl.	An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms.
elastical	adjective	Elastic.
elaterite	noun	A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; — called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen.
elaterium	noun	A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called Momordica Elaterium).
elbowroom	noun	Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motion or action; free scope.
elcesaite	noun	One of a sect of Asiatic Gnostics of the time of the Emperor Trajan.
eldership	noun	The state of being older; seniority., Office of an elder; collectively, a body of elders.
elderwort	noun	Danewort.
el dorado		A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones., Any region of fabulous wealth; exceeding richness.
electress	noun	The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire.
electrify	verb t.	To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar., To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body., To excite suddenly and violently, esp. by something highly delightful or inspiriting; to thrill; as, this patriotic sentiment electrified the audience., To become electric.
electrine	adjective	Belonging to, or made of, amber., Made of electrum, an alloy used by the ancients.
electrize	verb t.	To electricity.
electrode	noun	The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current.
electuary	noun	A medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients, incorporated with some convserve, honey, or sirup; a confection. See the note under Confection.
elegantly	adverb	In a manner to please nice taste; with elegance; with due symmetry; richly.
elegiacal	adjective	Elegiac.
elemental	adjective	Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air., Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary; elementary.
elementar	adjective	Elementary.
elenchize	verb i.	To dispute.
elenchtic	adjective	Alt. of Elenchtical
elephansy	noun	Elephantiasis.
elevating	present participle & vb. noun	of Elevate
elevation	noun	The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; — said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character., Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation., That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill., The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star., The angle which the style makes with the substylar line., The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line o/ sight; — distinguished from direction., A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; — called by the ancients the orthography.
elevatory	adjective	Tending to raise, or having power to elevate; as, elevatory forces., See Elevator, n. (e).
eliciting	present participle & vb. noun	of Elicit
elicitate	verb t.	To elicit.
eliminant	noun	The result of eliminating n variables between n homogeneous equations of any degree; — called also resultant.
eliminate	verb t.	To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty., To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity., To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration., To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion., To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system.
elinguate	verb t.	To deprive of the tongue.
elixation	noun	A seething; digestion.
ellachick	noun	A fresh-water tortoise (Chelopus marmoratus) of California; — used as food.
elleborin	noun	See Helleborin.
ellipsoid	noun	A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See Conoid, n., 2 (a)., Alt. of Ellipsoidal
elocation	noun	A removal from the usual place of residence., Departure from the usual state; an ecstasy.
elocution	noun	Utterance by speech., Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution., Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction.
elocutive	adjective	Pertaining to oratorical expression.
elohistic	adjective	Relating to Elohim as a name of God; — said of passages in the Old Testament.
eloigning	present participle & vb. noun	of Eloign
eloignate	verb t.	To remove.
eloinment	noun	See Eloignment.
elongated	imp. & past participle	of Elongate
elopement	noun	The act of eloping; secret departure; — said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.
eloquence	noun	Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion., Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and persuasive speech., That which is eloquently uttered or written.
elsewhere	adverb	In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere., In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere.
elucidate	verb t.	To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.
elumbated	adjective	Weak or lame in the loins.
elutriate	verb t.	To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing.
eluxation	noun	Dislocation; luxation.
emacerate	verb t. & i.	To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate.
emaciated	imp. & past participle	of Emaciate
emaculate	verb t.	To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection.
emanating	present participle & vb. noun	of Emanate
emanation	noun	The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin., That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence; as, perfume is an emanation from a flower.
emanative	adjective	Issuing forth; effluent.
emanatory	adjective	Emanative; of the nature of an emanation.
embalming	present participle & vb. noun	of Embalm
embanking	present participle & vb. noun	of Embank, of Embar
embargoes	plural	of Embargo
embargoed	imp. & past participle	of Embargo
embarking	present participle & vb. noun	of Embark
embarrass	verb t.	To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator., To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed., To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; — said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements., Embarrassment.
embassage	noun	An embassy., Message; errand.
embassies	plural	of Embassy
embattail	verb t.	To furnish with battlements; to fortify as with battlements.
embattled	imp. & past participle	of Embattle, Having indentations like a battlement., Having the edge broken like battlements; — said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like., Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field.
embayment	noun	A bay.
embedding	present participle & vb. noun	of Embed
embedment	noun	The act of embedding, or the state of being embedded.
embellish	verb t.	To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.
emberings	noun pl.	Ember days.
embezzled	imp. & past participle	of Embezzle
embezzler	noun	One who embezzles.
emblazing	present participle & vb. noun	of Emblaze
embleming	present participle & vb. noun	of Emblem
emblement	noun	The growing crop, or profits of a crop which has been sown or planted; — used especially in the plural. The produce of grass, trees, and the like, is not emblement.
emblemize	verb t.	To represent by an emblem; to emblematize.
emblossom	verb t.	To cover or adorn with blossoms.
embodying	present participle & vb. noun	of Embody
emboguing	noun	The mouth of a river, or place where its waters are discharged.
embossing	present participle & vb. noun	of Emboss
emboweled	imp. & past participle	of Embowel
emboweler	noun	One who takes out the bowels.
embracing	present participle & vb. noun	of Embrace
embraceor	noun	One guilty of embracery.
embracery	noun	An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.
embracive	adjective	Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.
embrangle	verb t.	To confuse; to entangle.
embrasure	noun	An embrace., A splay of a door or window., An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.
embrocate	verb t.	To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.
embroglio	noun	See Imbroglio.
embroider	verb t.	To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.
embroiled	imp. & past participle	of Embroil
embroiler	noun	One who embroils.
embrothel	verb t.	To inclose in a brothel.
embryonal	adjective	Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic.
embryonic	adjective	Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary.
embryotic	adjective	Embryonic.
emendable	adjective	Corrigible; amendable.
emendator	noun	One who emends or critically edits.
emergence	noun	The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.
emergency	noun	Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion., An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency.
emication	noun	A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation.
emigrated	imp. & past participle	of Emigrate
emigrator	noun	One who emigrates; am emigrant.
eminences	plural	of Eminency
eminently	adverb	In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.
emeership	noun	The rank or office of an Emir.
emmetropy	noun	Same as Emmetropia.
emolliate	adjective	To soften; to render effeminate.
emollient	adjective	Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient., An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc.
emolument	noun	The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.
emotioned	adjective	Affected with emotion.
emotional	adjective	Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.
emotivity	noun	Emotiveness.
empaistic	adjective	Having to do with inlaid work; — especially used with reference to work of the ancient Greeks.
empassion	verb t.	To move with passion; to affect strongly. See Impassion.
emphasize	verb t.	To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.
emphrensy	verb t.	To madden.
emphysema	noun	A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue.
empirical	adjective	Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments., Depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; — said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies.
emplaster	noun	See Plaster., To plaster over; to cover over so as to present a good appearance.
emplastic	adjective	Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications., A medicine causing constipation.
emplecton	noun	A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.
employing	present participle & vb. noun	of Employ
emporetic	adjective	Alt. of Emporetical
emporiums	plural	of Emporium
empowered	imp. & past participle	of Empower
emprising	verb t.	Full of daring; adventurous.
emptiness	noun	The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach., Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory., Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.
emptional	adjective	Capable of being purchased.
empurpled	imp. & past participle	of Empurple
empyreuma	noun	The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.
empyrical	adjective	Containing the combustible principle of coal.
empyrosis	noun	A general fire; a conflagration.
emulating	present participle & vb. noun	of Emulate
emulation	noun	The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry., Jea/ous rivalry; envy; envious contention.
emulative	adjective	Inclined to emulation; aspiring to competition; rivaling; as, an emulative person or effort.
emulatory	adjective	Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry.
emulously	adverb	In an emulous manner.
emunctory	noun	Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter.
enactment	noun	The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law., That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment.
enamelled		of Enamel
enameling	present participle & vb. noun	of Enamel
enamelist	noun	One who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work.
enamoring	present participle & vb. noun	of Enamor
enatation	noun	A swimming out.
enavigate	verb t.	To sail away or over.
enbattled	adjective	Embattled.
encamping	present participle & vb. noun	of Encamp
encaustic	adjective	Prepared by means of heat; burned in., The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors.
enchafing	noun	Heating; burning.
enchannel	verb t.	To make run in a channel.
enchanted	imp. & past participle	of Enchant, Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle.
enchanter	noun	One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment.
encharged	imp. & past participle	of Encharge
enchasing	present participle & vb. noun	of Enchase
enchasten	verb t.	To chasten.
encheason	noun	Occasion, cause, or reason.
enchorial	adjective	Alt. of Enchoric
encircled	imp. & past participle	of Encircle
encirclet	noun	A small circle; a ring.
enclitics	noun	The art of declining and conjugating words.
enclosure	noun	Inclosure. See Inclosure.
encomiast	noun	One who praises; a panegyrist.
encomiums	plural	of Encomium
encompass	verb t.	To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world.
encoubert	noun	One of several species of armadillos of the genera Dasypus and Euphractus, having five toes both on the fore and hind feet.
encounter	adverb	To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth., To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo., A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview., A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter.
encourage	verb t.	To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; — the opposite of discourage.
encratite	noun	One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; — called also Continent.
encrimson	verb t.	To give a crimson or red color to; to crimson.
encrinite	noun	A fossil crinoid, esp. one belonging to, or resembling, the genus Encrinus. Sometimes used in a general sense for any crinoid.
encrisped	adjective	Curled.
encurtain	verb t.	To inclose with curtains.
endamaged	imp. & past participle	of Endamage
endamnify	verb t.	To damnify; to injure.
endearing	present participle & vb. noun	of Endear, Making dear or beloved; causing love.
endecagon	noun	A plane figure of eleven sides and angles.
endeictic	adjective	Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill.
endemical	adjective	Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease.
endenizen	verb t.	To admit to the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize.
endlessly	adverb	In an endless manner.
endoblast	noun	Entoblast; endoplast. See Nucleus,
endognath	noun	The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.
endolymph	noun	The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.
endomorph	noun	A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz.
endoplasm	noun	The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.
endoplast	noun	See Nucleus.
endorhiza	noun	Any monocotyledonous plant; — so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo.
endorsing	present participle & vb. noun	of Endorse
endoscope	noun	An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.
endoscopy	noun	The art or process of examining by means of the endoscope.
endosmose	noun	Alt. of Endosmosis
endosperm	noun	The albumen of a seed; — limited by recent writers to that formed within the embryo sac.
endospore	noun	The thin inner coat of certain spores.
endosteal	adjective	Relating to endostosis; as, endosteal ossification.
endosteum	noun	The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.
endostoma	noun	A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea.
endostome	noun	The foramen or passage through the inner integument of an ovule., And endostoma.
endostyle	noun	A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata.
endotheca	noun	The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another.
endowment	noun	The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support., That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college., That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; — usually in the plural.
enduement	noun	Act of enduing; induement.
endurable	adjective	Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable.
endurably	adverb	In an endurable manner.
endurance	noun	A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance., The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience.
energetic	adjective	Alt. of Energetical
energical	adjective	In a state of action; acting; operating., Having energy or great power; energetic.
energized	imp. & past participle	of Energize
energizer	noun	One who, or that which, gives energy, or acts in producing an effect.
energumen	noun	One possessed by an evil spirit; a demoniac.
enervated	imp. & past participle	of Enervate
enfeebled	imp. & past participle	of Enfeeble
enfeebler	noun	One who, or that which, weakens or makes feeble.
enfeloned	adjective	Rendered fierce or frantic.
enfeoffed	imp. & past participle	of Enfeoff
enfierced	imp. & past participle	of Enfierce
enfiladed	imp. & past participle	of Enfilade
enforcing	present participle & vb. noun	of Enforce
enforcive	adjective	Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive.
enfreedom	verb t.	To set free.
enfroward	verb t.	To make froward, perverse, or ungovernable.
engagedly	adverb	With attachment; with interest; earnestly.
engallant	verb t.	To make a gallant of.
engarboil	verb t.	To throw into disorder; to disturb.
engarland	verb t.	To encircle with a garland, or with garlands.
enginemen	plural	of Engineman
engineman	noun	A man who manages, or waits on, an engine.
engirding	present participle & vb. noun	of Engird
engiscope	noun	A kind of reflecting microscope.
englaimed	adjective	Clammy.
englished	imp. & past participle	of English
englishry	noun	The state or privilege of being an Englishman., A body of English or people of English descent; — commonly applied to English people in Ireland.
englutted	imp. & past participle	of Englut
engorging	present participle & vb. noun	of Engorge
engrailed	imp. & past participle	of Engrail, Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like.
engrained	imp. & past participle	of Engrain
engrapple	verb t. & i.	To grapple.
engrasped	imp. & past participle	of Engrasp
engraving	present participle & vb. noun	of Engrave, The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper., That which is engraved; an engraved plate., An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.
engravery	noun	The trade or work of an engraver.
engrossed	imp. & past participle	of Engross
engrosser	noun	One who copies a writing in large, fair characters., One who takes the whole; a person who purchases such quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller.
engulfing	present participle & vb. noun	of Engulf
enhancing	present participle & vb. noun	of Enhance
enhearten	verb t.	To give heart to; to fill with courage; to embolden.
enhydrous	adjective	Having water within; containing fluid drops; — said of certain crystals.
enigmatic	adjective	Alt. of Enigmatical
enjailing	present participle & vb. noun	of Enjall
enjoining	present participle & vb. noun	of Enjoin
enjoyable	adjective	Capable of being enjoyed or of giving joy; yielding enjoyment.
enjoyment	noun	The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate., That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction.
enkindled	imp. & past participle	of Enkindle
enlarging	present participle & vb. noun	of Enlarge
enlighten	verb t.	To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth., To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding.
enlisting	present participle & vb. noun	of Enlist
enlivened	imp. & past participle	of Enliven
enlivener	noun	One who, or that which, enlivens, animates, or invigorates.
ennobling	present participle & vb. noun	of Ennoble
enodation	noun	The act or operation of clearing of knots, or of untying; hence, also, the solution of a difficulty.
enouncing	present participle & vb. noun	of Enounce
enquicken	verb t.	To quicken; to make alive.
enrapture	verb t.	To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish.
enriching	present participle & vb. noun	of Enrich
enrolling	present participle & vb. noun	of Enroll
enshedule	verb t.	To insert in a schedule. See Schedule.
ensconced	imp. & past participle	of Ensconce
enshelter	verb t.	To shelter.
enshrined	imp. & past participle	of Enshrine
ensilaged	imp. & past participle	of Ensilage
enslaving	present participle & vb. noun	of Enslave
enstatite	noun	A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety.
entailing	present participle & vb. noun	of Entail
entangled	imp. & past participle	of Entangle
entangler	noun	One that entangles.
entelechy	noun	An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence.
ententive	adjective	Attentive; zealous.
enterdeal	noun	Mutual dealings; intercourse.
enteritis	noun	An inflammation of the intestines.
enterlace	verb t.	See Interlace.
entermete	verb i.	To interfere; to intermeddle.
entermise	noun	Mediation.
entertain	verb t.	To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one’s service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep., To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one’s board, or into one’s house; to receive as a guest., To engage the attention of agreeably; to amuse with that which makes the time pass pleasantly; to divert; as, to entertain friends with conversation, etc., To give reception to; to receive, in general; to receive and take into consideration; to admit, treat, or make use of; as, to entertain a proposal., To meet or encounter, as an enemy., To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to keep in the mind; to harbor; to cherish; as, to entertain sentiments., To lead on; to bring along; to introduce., To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously., Entertainment.
entertake	verb t.	To entertain.
enthymeme	noun	An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble.
entitling	present participle & vb. noun	of Entitle
entoblast	noun	The inner germ layer; endoderm. See Nucleolus.
entoiling	present participle & vb. noun	of Entoil
entombing	present participle & vb. noun	of Entomb
entomical	adjective	Relating to insects; entomological.
entomolin	noun	See Chitin.
entophyte	noun	A vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body.
entoplasm	noun	The inner granular layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum., Endosarc.
entr’acte	noun	The interval of time which occurs between the performance of any two acts of a drama., A dance, piece of music, or interlude, performed between two acts of a drama.
entrammel	verb t.	To trammel; to entangle.
entranced	imp. & past participle	of Entrance
entrapped	imp. & past participle	of Entrap
entreated	imp. & past participle	of Entreat
entreater	noun	One who entreats; one who asks earnestly; a beseecher.
entremets	noun sing. & pl.	A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner., Any small entertainment between two greater ones.
entrochal	adjective	Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; — used of a kind of stone or marble.
entropion	noun	Same as Entropium.
entropium	noun	The inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids.
enubilate	verb t.	To clear from mist, clouds, or obscurity.
enubilous	adjective	Free from fog, mist, or clouds; clear.
enucleate	verb t.	To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell., To remove without cutting (as a tumor)., To bring to light; to make clear.
enumerate	verb t.	To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a special and separate account of; to recount; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation.
enunciate	verb t.	To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth., To make distinctly audible; to utter articulately; to pronounce; as, to enunciate a word distinctly., To utter words or syllables articulately.
enveloped	imp. & past participle	of Envelop
envenomed	imp. & past participle	of Envenom
envermeil	verb t.	To color with, or as with, vermilion; to dye red.
environed	imp. & past participle	of Environ
envisaged	imp. & past participle	of Envisage
envoyship	noun	The office or position of an envoy.
enwombing	present participle & vb. noun	of Enwomb
enwreathe	verb t.	See Inwreathe.
epanthous	adjective	Growing upon flowers; — said of certain species of fungi.
epaulette	noun	A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot.
epauleted	adjective	Alt. of Epauletted
ependymis	noun	See Ependyma.
ephemeral	adjective	Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower., Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only., Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc.
ephemeran	noun	One of the ephemeral flies.
ephemeric	adjective	Ephemeral.
ephemeris	noun	A diary; a journal., A publication giving the computed places of the heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other numerical data, for the use of the astronomer and navigator; an astronomical almanac; as, the “American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac.”, Any tabular statement of the assigned places of a heavenly body, as a planet or comet, on several successive days., A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature.
ephemeron	noun	One of the ephemeral flies.
ephialtes	noun	The nightmare.
ephippial	adjective	Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium.
ephippium	noun	A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa., A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Cladocera.
ephoralty	noun	The office of an ephor, or the body of ephors.
epicedial	adjective	Elegiac; funereal.
epicedian	adjective	Epicedial., An epicede.
epicedium	noun	An epicede.
epiclinal	adjective	Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower.
epicurean	adjective	Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy., Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious; pertaining to good eating., A follower or Epicurus., One given to epicurean indulgence.
epicurely	adverb	Luxuriously.
epicurism	noun	The doctrines of Epicurus., Epicurean habits of living; luxury.
epicurize	verb i.	To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus., To feed or indulge like an epicure.
epicyclic	adjective	Pertaining to, resembling, or having the motion of, an epicycle.
epidermal	adjective	Of or pertaining to the epidermis; epidermic; cuticular.
epidermic	adjective	Epidermal; connected with the skin or the bark.
epidermis	verb t.	The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See Dermis., The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As stems grow old this layer is lost, and never replaced.
epidictic	adjective	Alt. of Epidictical
epigaeous	adjective	Growing on, or close to, the ground.
epigraphy	noun	The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.
epigynous	adjective	Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; — said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk.
epileptic	adjective	Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy., One affected with epilepsy., A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.
epilogism	noun	Enumeration; computation.
epilogize	verb i. & t.	To speak an epilogue to; to utter as an epilogue.
epimachus	noun	A genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise.
epinastic	adjective	A term applied to that phase of vegetable growth in which an organ grows more rapidly on its upper than on its under surface. See Hyponastic.
epineural	adjective	Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra.
epinicial	adjective	Relating to victory.
epinicion	noun	A song of triumph.
epinikian	adjective	Epinicial.
epiphragm	noun	A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or aestivation.
epiphyses	plural	of Epiphysis
epiphysis	noun	The end, or other superficial part, of a bone, which ossifies separately from the central portion, or diaphysis., The cerebral epiphysis, or pineal gland. See Pineal gland, under Pineal.
epiphytal	adjective	Pertaining to an epiphyte.
epiphytic	adjective	Alt. of Epiphytical
epiplexis	noun	A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding.
epipodial	adjective	Pertaining to the epipodialia or the parts of the limbs to which they belong., Pertaining to the epipodium of Mollusca.
epipodite	noun	The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. See Maxilliped.
epipodium	noun	One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods.
epipolism	noun	See Fluorescence.
epipteric	adjective	Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid., The epipteric bone.
episcopal	adjective	Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church., Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system.
episodial	adjective	Pertaining to an episode; by way of episode; episodic.
epistaxis	noun	Bleeding at the nose.
episterna	plural	of Episternum
epistolar	adjective	Epistolary.
epistoler	noun	One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.
epistolet	noun	A little epistle.
epistolic	adjective	Alt. of Epistolical
epitapher	noun	A writer of epitaphs.
epitaphic	adjective	Pertaining to an epitaph; epitaphian., An epitaph.
epithelia	plural	of Epithelium
epithesis	noun	The addition of a letter at the end of a word, without changing its sense; as, numb for num, whilst for whiles.
epithetic	adjective	Alt. of Epithetical
epitomist	noun	One who makes an epitome; one who abridges; an epitomizer.
epitomize	verb t.	To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; as, to epitomize the works of Justin., To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail; as, to epitomize words.
epizeuxis	noun	A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis, as in the following lines: –
epizootic	adjective	Of or pertaining to an epizoon., Containing fossil remains; — said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like., Of the nature of a disease which attacks many animals at the same time; — corresponding to epidemic diseases among men., An epizootic disease; a murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.
eponymist	noun	One from whom a race, tribe, city, or the like, took its name; an eponym.
eponymous	adjective	Relating to an eponym; giving one’s name to a tribe, people, country, and the like.
epotation	noun	A drinking up; a quaffing.
epulation	noun	A feasting or feast; banquet.
epulosity	noun	A feasting to excess.
epuration	noun	Purification.
equalling		of Equal
equalized	imp. & past participle	of Equalize
equalizer	noun	One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
equalness	noun	Equality; evenness.
equerries	plural	of Equerry
equicrure	adjective	Equicrural.
equipping	present participle & vb. noun	of Equip
equipaged	adjective	Furnished with equipage.
equipedal	adjective	Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.
equipment	noun	The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition., Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments.
equipoise	noun	Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; — said of moral, political, or social interests or forces., Counterpoise.
equirotal	adjective	Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation.
equisetum	noun	A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; — also called horsetails.
equitable	adjective	Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; as an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; equitable men., That can be sustained or made available or effective in a court of equity, or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; as, an equitable estate; equitable assets, assignment, mortgage, etc.
equitably	adverb	In an equitable manner; justly; as, the laws should be equitably administered.
equitancy	noun	Horsemanship.
equivalue	verb t.	To put an equal value upon; to put (something) on a par with another thing.
equivalve	adjective	Alt. of Equivalved
equivocal	adjective	(Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence., Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal., Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful., A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.
equivoque	noun	Alt. of Equivoke
eradiated	imp. & past participle	of Eradiate
eradicate	verb t.	To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated., To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors.
erasement	noun	The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration.
ercedeken	noun	An archdeacon.
erectable	adjective	Capable of being erected; as, an erectable feather.
erectness	noun	Uprightness of posture or form.
eremitage	noun	See Hermitage.
eremitish	adjective	Eremitic.
eremitism	noun	The state of a hermit; a living in seclusion from social life.
eretation	noun	A creeping forth.
erewhiles	adverb	Some time ago; a little while before; heretofore.
ergotized	adjective	Affected with the ergot fungus; as, ergotized rye.
eriometer	noun	An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed.
eristalis	noun	A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvae) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; — also called drone fly.
eristical	adjective	Controversial.
ernestful	adjective	Serious.
erogating	present participle & vb. noun	of Erogate
erogation	noun	The act of giving out or bestowing.
erostrate	adjective	Without a beak.
eroticism	noun	Erotic quality.
erratical	adjective	Erratic.
erroneous	adjective	Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; — hence, irregular; unnatural., Misleading; misled; mistaking., Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc.
erstwhile	adverb	Till then or now; heretofore; formerly.
erucifrom	adjective	Having the form of a caterpillar; — said of insect larvae.
erudition	noun	The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction; the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences; scholarship.
eruginous	adjective	Partaking of the substance or nature of copper, or of the rust copper; resembling the trust of copper or verdigris; aeruginous.
erythrean	adjective	Alt. of Erythraean
erythrine	noun	A colorless crystalline substance, C20H22O10, extracted from certain lichens, as the various species of Rocella. It is a derivative of orsellinic acid. So called because of certain red compounds derived from it. Called also erythric acid., See Erythrite, 2.
erythrina	noun	A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral tree; — so called from its red flowers.
erythrism	noun	A condition of excessive redness. See Erythrochroism.
erythrite	noun	A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; — called also erythrol, erythroglucin, erythromannite, pseudorcin, cobalt bloom, and under the name phycite obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris. It is a tetrabasic alcohol, corresponding to glycol and glycerin., A rose-red mineral, crystallized and earthy, a hydrous arseniate of cobalt, known also as cobalt bloom; — called also erythrin or erythrine.
erythroid	adjective	Of a red color; reddish; as, the erythroid tunic (the cremaster muscle).
escaladed	imp. & past participle	of Escalade
escaloped	adjective	Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped., Covered with a pattern resembling a series of escalop shells, each of which issues from between two others. Its appearance is that of a surface covered with scales.
escapable	adjective	Avoidable.
escarping	present participle & vb. noun	of Escarp
escharine	adjective	Like, or pertaining to, the genus Eschara, or family Escharidae.
eschaunge	noun	Exchange.
escheator	noun	An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them.
eschynite	noun	A rare mineral, containing chiefly niobium, titanium, thorium, and cerium. It was so called by Berzelius on account of the inability of chemical science, at the time of its discovery, to separate some of its constituents.
escocheon	noun	Escutcheon.
escopette	noun	A kind of firearm; a carbine.
escorting	present participle & vb. noun	of Escort
esophagal	adjective	Esophageal.
esophagus	noun	That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.
esoterics	noun	Mysterious or hidden doctrines; secret science.
esperance	noun	Hope.
espiaille	noun	Espial.
espionage	noun	The practice or employment of spies; the practice of watching the words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies or secret emissaries; secret watching.
esplanade	noun	A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town., The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country., A grass plat; a lawn., Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; esp., a terrace by the seaside.
espousage	noun	Espousal.
espousing	present participle & vb. noun	of Espouse
espringal	noun	An engine of war used for throwing viretons, large stones, and other missiles; a springal.
esquimaux	plural	of Esquimau
esquiring	present participle & vb. noun	of Esquire
essencing	present participle & vb. noun	of Essence
essential	adjective	Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is., Hence, really existing; existent., Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the attainment of an object; indispensably necessary., Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a substance, as of a plant; highly rectified; pure; hence, unmixed; as, an essential oil., Necessary; indispensable; — said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones., Idiopathic; independent of other diseases.
establish	adjective	To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm., To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain., To originate and secure the permanent existence of; to found; to institute; to create and regulate; — said of a colony, a state, or other institutions., To secure public recognition in favor of; to prove and cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact, usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc., To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; — used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel.
estafette	noun	A courier who conveys messages to another courier; a military courier sent from one part of an army to another.
estatlich	adjective	Alt. of Estatly
esteeming	present participle & vb. noun	of Esteem
estimable	adjective	Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable damage., Valuable; worth a great price., Worth of esteem or respect; deserving our good opinion or regard., A thing worthy of regard.
estimably	adverb	In an estimable manner.
estimated	imp. & past participle	of Estimate
estimator	noun	One who estimates or values; a valuer.
estopping	present participle & vb. noun	of Estop
estranged	imp. & past participle	of Estrange
estranger	noun	One who estranges.
estrangle	verb t.	To strangle.
estrapade	noun	The action of a horse, when, to get rid of his rider, he rears, plunges, and kicks furiously.
estreated	imp. & past participle	of Estreat
estuarine	adjective	Pertaining to an estuary; estuary.
estuaries	plural	of Estuary
estuating	present participle & vb. noun	of Estuate
estuation	noun	The act of estuating; commotion, as of a fluid; agitation.
et cetera		Alt. of Et caetera
eternally	adverb	In an eternal manner.
eternized	imp. & past participle	of Eternize
ethereous	adjective	Formed of ether; ethereal., Pertaining to, or resembling, ether.
etherized	imp. & past participle	of Etherize
ethically	adverb	According to, in harmony with, moral principles or character.
ethiopian	noun	A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia; also, in a general sense, a negro or black man., Alt. of Ethiopic
ethmoidal	adjective	Like a sieve; cribriform., Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone.
ethnarchy	noun	The dominion of an ethnarch; principality and rule.
ethnicism	noun	Heathenism; paganism; idolatry.
ethnology	noun	The science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which characterize them.
ethologic	a	Alt. of Ethological
etiolated	imp. & past participle	of Etiolate, Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.
etiquette	noun	The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society.
etymology	noun	That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of form and meaning., That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.
eucairite	noun	A metallic mineral, a selenide of copper and silver; — so called by Berzelius on account of its being found soon after the discovery of the metal selenium.
eucharist	noun	The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving., The sacrament of the Lord’s Supper; the solemn act of ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion.
euchloric	adjective	Relating to, or consisting of, euchlorine; as, euchloric /.
euchology	noun	A formulary of prayers; the book of offices in the Greek Church, containing the liturgy, sacraments, and forms of prayers.
euchroite	noun	A mineral occurring in transparent emerald green crystals. It is hydrous arseniate of copper.
euclidian	noun	Related to Euclid, or to the geometry of Euclid.
eudialyte	noun	A mineral of a brownish red color and vitreous luster, consisting chiefly of the silicates of iron, zirconia, and lime.
eugetinic	adjective	Pertaining to, or derived from, eugenol; as, eugetic acid.
euisopoda		A group which includes the typical Isopoda.
eulogical	adjective	Bestowing praise of eulogy; commendatory; eulogistic.
eulogiums	plural	of Eulogium
eulogized	imp. & past participle	of Eulogize
eumenides	noun pl.	A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes.
eunuchate	verb t.	To make a eunuch of; to castrate. as a man.
eunuchism	noun	The state of being eunuch.
euosmitte	noun	A fossil resin, so called from its strong, peculiar, pleasant odor.
euphemism	noun	A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable.
euphemize	verb t. & i.	To express by a euphemism, or in delicate language; to make use of euphemistic expressions.
euphoniad	noun	An instrument in which are combined the characteristic tones of the organ and various other instruments.
euphonism	noun	An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony.
euphonium	noun	A bass instrument of the saxhorn family.
euphonize	verb t.	To make euphonic.
euphonous	noun	Euphonious.
euphonies	plural	of Euphony
euphorbia	noun	Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.
euphotide	noun	A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite and smaragdite; — sometimes called gabbro.
eupittone	noun	A yellow, crystalline substance, resembling aurin, and obtained by the oxidation of pittacal; — called also eupittonic acid.
euplastic	adjective	Having the capacity of becoming organizable in a high degree, as the matter forming the false membranes which sometimes result from acute inflammation in a healthy person., Organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are renewed.
euryalida	noun pl.	A tribe of Ophiuroidea, including the genera Euryale, Astrophyton, etc. They generally have the arms branched. See Astrophyton.
euterpean	adjective	Of or pertaining to Euterpe or to music.
euthanasy	noun	Same as Euthanasia.
eutychian	noun	A follower of Eutyches [5th century], who held that the divine and the human in the person of Christ were blended together as to constitute but one nature; a monophysite; — opposed to Nestorian.
euxanthic	adjective	Having a yellow color; pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, euxanthin.
euxanthin	noun	A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow.
evacuated	imp. & past participle	of Evacuate
evacuator	noun	One who evacuates; a nullifier.
evagation	noun	A wandering about; excursion; a roving.
evanesced	imp. & past participle	of Evanesce
evangelic	adjective	Belonging to, or contained in, the gospel; evangelical.
evaporate	verb t.	To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too minute to be visible., To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of writer often evaporates in the process of translation., To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes., To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples., To give vent to; to dissipate., Dispersed in vapors.
eventless	adjective	Without events; tame; monotomous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful.
eventtual	adjective	Coming or happening as a consequence or result; consequential., Final; ultimate., Dependent on events; contingent.
eventuate	verb i.	To come out finally or in conclusion; to result; to come to pass.
everglade	noun	A swamp or low tract of land inundated with water and interspersed with hummocks, or small islands, and patches of high grass; as, the everglades of Florida.
evergreen	adjective	Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like., An evergreen plant., Twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for decoration.
everichon	pronoun	Alt. of Everychon
everychon	pronoun	Every one.
everybody	noun	Every person.
everywhen	adverb	At any or all times; every instant.
evidenced	imp. & past participle	of Evidence
evidencer	noun	One whi gives evidence.
evidently	adverb	In an evident manner; clearly; plainly.
evil-eyed	adjective	Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad design; malicious.
evincible	adjective	Capable of being proved or clearly brought to light; demonstrable.
eviration	noun	Castration.
evitation	noun	A shunning; avoidance.
eviternal	adjective	Eternal; everlasting.
evocation	noun	The act of calling out or forth.
evocative	adjective	Calling forth; serving to evoke; developing.
evolation	noun	A flying out or up.
evolution	noun	The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg., A series of things unrolled or unfolded., The formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from a curve as an evolute., The extraction of roots; — the reverse of involution., A prescribed movement of a body of troops, or a vessel or fleet; any movement designed to effect a new arrangement or disposition; a maneuver., A general name for the history of the steps by which any living organism has acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it; a gradual unfolding of successive phases of growth or development., That theory of generation which supposes the germ to preexist in the parent, and its parts to be developed, but not actually formed, by the procreative act; — opposed to epigenesis., That series of changes under natural law which involves continuous progress from the homogeneous to the heterogeneous in structure, and from the single and simple to the diverse and manifold in quality or function. The pocess is by some limited to organic beings; by others it is applied to the inorganic and the psychical. It is also applied to explain the existence and growth of institutions, manners, language, civilization, and every product of human activity. The agencies and laws of the process are variously explained by different philosophrs.
evomition	noun	The act of vomiting.
exacinate	verb t.	To remove the kernel form.
exactness	noun	The condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; as, exactness of jurgement or deportment., Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; as, exactness in accounts or business.
exactress	noun	A woman who is an exactor.
exaeresis	noun	In old writers, the operations concerned in the removal of parts of the body.
exagitate	verb t.	To stir up; to agitate., To satirize; to censure severely.
exaltment	noun	Exaltation.
exametron	noun	An hexameter.
examinant	noun	One who examines; an examiner., One who is to be examined.
examinate	noun	A person subjected to examination.
examining	present participle & vb. noun	of Examine, Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee.
examplary	adjective	Serving for example or pattern; exemplary.
exampling	present participle & vb. noun	of Example
exampless	adjective	Exampleless. [Wrongly formed.]
exanimate	adjective	Lifeless; dead., Destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened., To deprive of animation or of life.
exanimous	adjective	Lifeless; dead.
exanthema	noun	An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the like diseases; — sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever.
exantlate	verb t.	To exhaust or wear out.
exaration	noun	Act of plowing; also, act of writing.
exarchate	noun	The office or the province of an exarch.
excalibur	noun	The name of King Arthur’s mythical sword.
excambion	noun	Alt. of Excambium
excambium	noun	Exchange; barter; — used commonly of lands.
excarnate	verb t.	To deprive or clear of flesh.
excavated	imp. & past participle	of Excavate
excavator	noun	One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine, as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating.
exceeding	present participle & vb. noun	of Exceed, More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless., In a very great degree; extremely; exceedingly.
excelling	present participle & vb. noun	of Excel
excellent	adjective	Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action., Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; — used with words of a bad significance., Excellently; eminently; exceedingly.
excelsior	verb t.	More lofty; still higher; ever upward., A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for curled hair.
excentral	adjective	Out of the center.
excentric	adjective	Alt. of Excentrical
excepting	present participle & vb. noun	of Except, With rejection or exception of; excluding; except.
exceptant	adjective	Making exception.
exception	noun	The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule., That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included; as, almost every general rule has its exceptions., An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted., An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against.
exceptive	adjective	That excepts; including an exception; as, an exceptive proposition.
excernent	adjective	Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion.
excerpted	imp. & past participle	of Excerpt
excerptor	noun	One who makes excerpts; a picker; a culler.
excessive	adjective	Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.
exchanged	imp. & past participle	of Exchange
exchanger	noun	One who exchanges; one who practices exchange.
excheator	noun	See Escheator.
exchequer	noun	One of the superior courts of law; — so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table., The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company’s exchequer is low., To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.
excipient	verb t.	Taking an exception., An exceptor., An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents.
excipulum	noun	The outer part of the fructification of most lichens.
excisable	adjective	Liable or subject to excise; as, tobacco in an excisable commodity.
excisemen	plural	of Exciseman
exciseman	noun	An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise duty.
excitable	adjective	Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.
excitator	noun	A kind of discarder.
exciteful	noun	Full of exciting qualities; as, an exciteful story; exciteful players.
exclaimed	imp. & past participle	of Exclaim
exclaimer	noun	One who exclaims.
excluding	present participle & vb. noun	of Exclude
exclusion	noun	The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded., The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from the womb., Thing emitted.
exclusive	adjective	Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society., Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; — opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery., One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few.
exclusory	adjective	Able to exclude; excluding; serving to exclude.
excoction		The act of excocting or boiling out.
excommune	verb t.	To exclude from participation in; to excommunicate.
eccoriate	verb t.	To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances.
excreable	adjective	Capable of being discharged by spitting.
excrement	noun	Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories; especially, alvine, discharges; dung; ordure., An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth.
excreting	present participle & vb. noun	of Excrete
excretion	noun	The act of excreting., That which is excreted; excrement.
excretive	adjective	Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion.
excretory	adjective	Having the quality of excreting, or throwing off excrementitious matter.
exculpate	verb t.	To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.
excurrent	adjective	Running or flowing out, Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, one which continues to the top., Characterized by a current which flows outward; as, an excurrent orifice or tube.
excursion		A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally., A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country., A wandering from a subject; digression., Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]
excursive	adjective	Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy.
excusable	adjective	That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action.
excusator	noun	One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist.
excussion	noun	The act of excusing; seizure by law.
execrable	adjective	Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; as, an execrable wretch.
execrated	imp. & past participle	of Execrate
executant	noun	One who executes or performs; esp., a performer on a musical instrument.
executing	present participle & vb. noun	of Execute
execution	noun	The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc., A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer., The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music., The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law., A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process., The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will., That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; — usually with do., The act of sacking a town.
executive	adjective	Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc., An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.
executory	adjective	Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive., Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract.
executrix	noun	A woman exercising the functions of an executor.
exegetics	noun	The science of interpretation or exegesis.
exegetist	noun	One versed in the science of exegesis or interpretation; — also called exegete.
exemplary	adjective	Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct., Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages., Illustrating as the proof of a thing., An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing.
exemplify	verb t.	To show or illustrate by example., To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record., To prove or show by an attested copy.
exempting	present participle & vb. noun	of Exempt
exemption	noun	The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc.
exequatur	noun	A written official recognition of a consul or commercial agent, issued by the government to which he is accredited, and authorizing him to exercise his powers in the place to which he is assigned., Official recognition or permission.
exequious	adjective	Funereal.
exercised	imp. & past participle	of Exercise
exerciser	noun	One who exercises.
exertment	noun	Exertion.
exestuate	verb i.	To be agitated; to boil up; to effervesce.
exfoliate	verb i.	To separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark., To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition., To remove scales, laminae, or splinters from the surface of.
exhalable	adjective	Capable of being exhaled or evaporated.
exhalence	noun	Exhalation.
exhausted	imp. & past participle	of Exhaust
exhauster	noun	One who, or that which, exhausts or draws out.
exhibited	imp. & past participle	of Exhibit
exhibiter	noun	One who exhibits; one who presents a petition, charge or bill.
exhibitor	noun	One who exhibits.
exhorting	present participle & vb. noun	of Exhort
exhumated	adjective	Disinterred.
exigenter	noun	An officer in the Court of King’s Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was make out exigents. The office in now abolished.
exilement	noun	Banishment.
exilition	noun	A sudden springing or leaping out.
exinanite	verb t.	To make empty; to render of no effect; to humble.
existence	noun	The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence., Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war., That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences.
existency	noun	Existence.
existible	adjective	Capable of existence.
exocoetus	noun	A genus of fishes, including the common flying fishes. See Flying fish.
exoculate	verb t.	To deprive of eyes.
exogamous	adjective	Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one’s own tribe; — opposed to endogenous.
exogenous	adjective	Pertaining to, or having the character of, an exogen; — the opposite of endogenous., Growing by addition to the exterior., Growing from previously ossified parts; — opposed to autogenous.
exolution	noun	See Exsolution.
exonerate	verb t.	To unload; to disburden; to discharge., To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one’s self from blame, or from the charge of avarice., To discharge from duty or obligation, as a ball.
exopodite	noun	The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea.
exoptable	adjective	Very desirable.
exoration	noun	Entreaty.
exorcised	imp. & past participle	of Exorcise
exorciser	noun	An exorcist.
exordiums	plural	of Exordium
exorhizae	plural	of Exorhiza
exorhizal	adjective	Alt. of Exorhizous
exosmosis	noun	See Exosmose.
exosmotic	adjective	Pertaining to exosmose.
exosstate	verb t.	To deprive of bones; to take out the bones of; to bone.
exostosis	noun	Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone., A knot formed upon or in the wood of trees by disease.
exoterics	noun pl.	The public lectures or published writings of Aristotle. See Esoterics.
exoteries	plural	of Exotery
exoticism	noun	The state of being exotic; also, anything foreign, as a word or idiom; an exotic.
expanding	present participle & vb. noun	of Expand, That expands, or may be expanded; extending; spreading; enlarging.
expansile	adjective	Expansible.
expansion	noun	The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement., That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal., Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space., Enlargement or extension of business transactions; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes., The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2., The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston., The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction.
expansive	adjective	Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air.
expansure	noun	Expanse.
expatiate	verb i.	To range at large, or without restraint., To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant., To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.
expecting	present participle & vb. noun	of Expect
expectant	adjective	Waiting in expectation; looking for, waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment., One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.
expective	adjective	Expectative.
expediate	verb t.	To hasten; to expedite.
expedient	adjective	Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; — sometimes contradistinguished from right., Quick; expeditious., That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end., Means devised in an exigency; shift.
expedited	imp. & past participle	of Expedite
expelling	present participle & vb. noun	of Expel
expending	present participle & vb. noun	of Expend
expenitor	noun	A disburser; especially, one of the disbursers of taxes for the repair of sewers.
expensive	adjective	Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family., Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad scene; extravagant; lavish.
experient	adjective	Experienced.
expetible	adjective	Worthy of being wished for; desirable.
expiating	present participle & vb. noun	of Expiate
expiation	noun	The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty., The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement., An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen.
expiatist	noun	An expiator.
expiatory	adjective	Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice.
expilator	noun	One who pillages; a plunderer; a pillager.
expirable	adjective	That may expire; capable of being brought to an end.
expiscate	verb t.	To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.
explained	imp. & past participle	of Explain
explainer	noun	One who explains; an expounder or expositor; a commentator; an interpreter.
explanate	adjective	Spreading or extending outwardly in a flat form.
expletion	noun	Accomplishment; fulfillment.
expletive	adjective	Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous., A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath.
expletory	adjective	Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous; as, an expletory word.
explicate	adjective	Evolved; unfolded., To unfold; to expand; to lay open., To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret.
exploding	present participle & vb. noun	of Explode
explodent	noun	An instrument or agent causing explosion; an exploder; also, an explosive., See Explosive, n., 2.
explorate	verb t.	To explore.
exploring	present participle & vb. noun	of Explore
explosion	noun	The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc., A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc., A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath.
explosive	adjective	Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder., An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine., A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, Ã 155-7, 184.]
exporting	present participle & vb. noun	of Export
expositor	noun	One who, or that which, expounds or explains; an expounder; a commentator.
exposture	noun	Exposure.
expounded	imp. & past participle	of Expound
expounder	noun	One who expounds or explains; an interpreter.
expressed	imp. & past participle	of Express
expressly	adverb	In an express manner; in direct terms; with distinct purpose; particularly; as, a book written expressly for the young.
expulsion	noun	The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc., The state of being expelled or driven out.
expulsive	adjective	Having the power of driving out or away; serving to expel.
expunging	present participle & vb. noun	of Expunge
expurgate	verb t.	To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.
exquisite	adjective	Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship., Exceeding; extreme; keen; — used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure., Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment., One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.
exscinded	imp. & past participle	of Exscind
exsertile	adjective	Capable of being thrust out or protruded.
exsiccant	adjective	Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up., An exsiccant medicine.
exsiccate	verb t.	To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up.
exsputory	adjective	Spit out, or as if spit out.
exstrophy	noun	The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder.
exsuccous	adjective	Destitute of juice; dry; sapless. Latham.
exsuction	noun	The act of sucking out.
extempore	adverb	Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore., Done or performed extempore., Speaking or writing done extempore.
extending	present participle & vb. noun	of Extend
extendant	adjective	Displaced.
extensile	adjective	Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible.
extension	verb t.	The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion., That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space., Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension., The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line., The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion., A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
extensive	adjective	Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness., Capable of being extended.
extensure	noun	Extension.
extenuate	verb t.	To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness., To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; — opposed to aggravate., To lower or degrade; to detract from., To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations., Thin; slender.
extermine	verb t.	To exterminate; to destroy.
extersion	noun	The act of wiping or rubbing out.
extilling	present participle & vb. noun	of Extill
extirpate	verb t.	To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.
extolling	present participle & vb. noun	of Extol
extolment	noun	Praise.
extorsive	adjective	Serving or tending to extort.
extorting	present participle & vb. noun	of Extort
extortion	noun	The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge., The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due., That which is extorted or exacted by force.
extracted	imp. & past participle	of Extract
extractor	noun	One who, or that which, extracts, A forceps or instrument for extracting substances., A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel.
extradite	verb t.	To deliver up by one government to another, as a fugitive from justice. See Extradition.
extraught	past participle	Extracted; descended.
extremely	adverb	In an extreme manner or state; in the utmost degree; to the utmost point; exceedingly; as, extremely hot or cold.
extremist	noun	A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice; one who holds extreme opinions.
extremity	noun	The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country., One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man., The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form., The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity.
extricate	verb t.	To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc., To cause to be emitted or evolved; as, to extricate heat or moisture.
extrinsic	adjective	Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; — opposed to intrinsic., Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part/ — said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic.
extrorsal	adjective	Extrorse.
extructor	noun	A builder.
extruding	present participle & vb. noun	of Extrude
extrusion	noun	The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.
exuberant	adjective	Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage.
exuberate	noun	To abound; to be in great abundance.
exudation	noun	The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded.
exultance	noun	Alt. of Exultancy
exultancy	noun	Exultation.
exuperant	adjective	Surpassing; exceeding; surmounting.
exuperate	verb t.	To excel; to surmount.
exuviable	adjective	Capable of being cast off in the form of exuviae.
exuviated	imp. & past participle	of Exuviate
eyebright	noun	A small annual plant (Euphrasia officinalis), formerly much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye.
eyeglance	noun	A glance of eye.
eyeleteer	noun	A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet holes; a stiletto.
eye-saint	noun	An object of interest to the eye; one worshiped with the eyes.
eyestring	noun	The tendon by which the eye is moved.
eyewinker	noun	An eyelash.